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Dame Glenys Stacey @Ofqual’s speech to the Association of Colleges’ (@Aoc_info) Further Education Summit, 18 November 2020: Good morning and thank you for inviting me…

As more evidence of the biting pandemic effects on young people and adults comes to light, the new report from the Independent Commission on the…

Gavin Williamson (@GavinWilliamson) gave an address the Association of Colleges (@AoC_info) FE Summit 2020, which was a two-day virtual conference for FE College leaders. This…

As the FE sector faces major reform in England, supporting colleges’ digital transformation is critical to the future of inclusive lifelong learning.  Although England is…

In the last Shedding Light on the Labour Market, @EMSI_UK look at job postings from the perspective of regional employer demand.  In this fortnight’s Shedding Light on the…

This year, many businesses have adapted to new ways of remote working, which they hadn’t even considered before. Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder…

Jobseekers should view the Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for positive change, rather than a brake on their search for work. However, they need to…

Education training and labour market intelligence and delivery arrangements are in a state of flux. No-one knows for sure what the education and careers support…

Closing the Skills Gap in Financial Services  The future success of the financial services industry is going to be heavily reliant on business leaders, HR…

We’ve entered a second lockdown. It’s not quite as strict as the first one, back in March, but still. Even the word—lockdown—feels quite negative. A…